Hire local was the message Coos County’s three commissioners delivered to Noble Environmental Power officials at yesterday’s monthly meeting of the commission.
Noble Chief Commercial Officer Tom Swank and Granite Reliable Power Project Manager Pip Decker attended the meeting to update the commission on the hiring of RMT, Inc. to oversee the development of the 99-megawatt wind farm in the Phillips Brook watershed.
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